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Ihe Caiolina Poplai may also be propagated by cuttings or layers; the latter is generally prac¬ 
tised by the nuiseiy gardeners,, being the surest method; and those plants are not so full of moisture 
as those raised by cuttings, so are less liable to be cut down by the frost when young: as they are 
veiy apt to be, to a considerable length. As the trees grow older, the shoots are more woody, and 
not so liable to this disaster. They should however be planted in a sheltered situation, for their 
leaves being very large, the wind has great power over them; and the branches, being tender,' are 
frequently broken or split down by the winds in summer, where they are much exposed. 
As these trees are very vivacious like the willow, and some other aquatic trees, there is no 
occasion to trouble ourselves about their propagation by means of seeds. 
Genus 32. Prunus, Cherry Plumb. Class XII. Icosandria. 
Order I. Monogynia. 
Species 1 . Common Bird-Cherry Tree . (Prunus Padus.) 
The common Bird Cherry rises to the height of ten or twelve feet, and if permitted to stand, will 
have a trunk of nine or ten inches in diameter. The branches grow wide and scattering, and are 
covered with a purplish bark. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, alternate, slightly serrate. Flowers in long 
loose bunches from the side of the branches. Petals white, much smaller than those of the Cherry. 
Flowers ranged alternately, each on a small pedicel: they have a strong scent, which is very dis¬ 
agreeable to most persons. They appear in May, and are succeeded by small roundish fruit, at first 
green, afterwards red, but when ripe black; inclosing a roundish furrowed stone or nut, which ripens 
in August. 
Withering observes, that the calyx is finely serrated as well as the petals, and at the bottom 
within is beset with numerous woolly hairs, and that the stamens are twenty-five in number. 
Native of most parts of Europe, in woods and hedges; also in all the northern and temperate 
part of Russia and all Siberia. Common in the north of England, as about Ingleborough in York¬ 
shire, in woods by the Tees, at Pendeford in Staffordshire, a few miles north of Manchester. In some 
parts of Norfolk, as about Watton and Dereham. In a lane between Temple Mills and Epping 
Forest. Frequent in Scotland, in woods. 
The Bird Cherry, called in Scotland Hag-berry, which is commonly propagated in the nurseries 
as an ornamental tree or shrub, grows well in woods, groves or fields, but not in a moist soil. It 
bears lopping, and suffers the grass to grow under it. The fruit is nauseous, but bruised and infused 
in wine or brandy, it gives them an agreeable flavour. 
The wood being smooth and tough, is made into handles for knives and whips. Sheep, goats, 
and swine, eat it, cows are not fond of it, horses refuse it.* The berries are much sought after by 
birds, and though very nauseous are eaten by children in some places.f In Scotland they drink an 
infusion of them in brandy.J 
Species 2 . Cornish Bird-Cherry . (Prunes Rubra.) 
The Red Bird Cherry, commonly called in the nursery gardens about London the Cornish Cherry, 
T Raii Hist. & Linn. Suec. 
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* Withering. 
X Lightfoot. 
